I use TS 212 as an domaincontroller (PDC Win NT 4.0 like) with the qpkg from Eraser-EMC2-. in version 3.6.1 it was possible to join a domain with WinXP, in the version 3.7.3 ist was not possible. On the WinXP (plain new system with all patches) the system says an rpc error or the netapi32.dll crash.

It looks for me like an internal problem in smbd. The version of smbd reports the same -> 3.5.2 but the date and filesize are diffent. From 3.6.1 is 9263904 bytes 11.may 13:59 and the version from 3.7.3 is 9269120 bytes 31.jul 23:39

Is there any soloution or hint ?

edit:.15 is the WinXP.10 is the NAS with the PDC

edit2:same in version 3.7.1, same response like 3.7.3, same error, not working correctly

Edit3:3.6.1 without patch have the same trouble, with Patch it Works correctly.

I have make some installs under Debian with samba 4, i think this is far, far away. Whats the goal for QNAP ? Nothing, only a lot of work. But this is not the right thread for a discussion about samba 4.

I have spend a lot of time to find out, samba 3 is working for the purposes of qnap only, but there is no focus or support for the PDC function. The QNAP themselves can work as a member of a domain, this is normally enough for the mainstream.

af0815 wrote: I have spend a lot of time to find out, samba 3 is working for the purposes of qnap only, but there is no focus or support for the PDC function. The QNAP themselves can work as a member of a domain, this is normally enough for the mainstream.

Exactly, why would you want a Qnap as PDC? More to go wrong. Leave domain control to Microsoft.

storageman wrote:Most home routers have enough DNS control options to keep 99% of people happy,

DNS and PDC are 2 different server types.In case of DNS it is correctbut PDC is a user database server (based on the Windows NT 4.0 Server , not AD Domain Server) to authenticate the user on Windows clients.

storageman wrote:Most home routers have enough DNS control options to keep 99% of people happy,

DNS and PDC are 2 different server types.In case of DNS it is correctbut PDC is a user database server (based on the Windows NT 4.0 Server , not AD Domain Server) to authenticate the user on Windows clients.

As i see you misunderstood the headline of this topic.

Yes, had a mental block there. Still, don't get the need for PDC via NAS.